The suspension, which could cost lives by hurting Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt this week to U.S. military aid to Kyiv.

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A senior Ukrainian intelligence official said that Ukraine will probably run out of the last American military supplies in “two or three months”. “After that, it will be very difficult for us,” the official told the Financial Times.

Ukraine and the U.S. have outlined an agreement in which they would jointly fund Ukraine’s future security and reconstruction using an investment fund powered by the country’s rare earth minerals, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

The United States has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military's ability to target Russian forces, the Financial Times reported

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Washington announced its decision to suspend military aid three days after a clash in the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy prompted by the Ukrainian leader’s refusal to agree to a ceasefire without any guarantees to deter Russia from future aggression.

Pledges of support: Five days after Zelenskyy was ejected from the White House following a clash that led to the US suspending military aid and intelligence support to Kyiv, he was promised “enduring” support by all but one of the bloc’s leaders.

Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, is leading the talks on the Ukrainian side. He said on Monday that he had spoken to Republican congressman Brian Fitzpatrick about finding a “path toward a just peace” and that signing the minerals deal was “crucial for both our countries”.

Europe is rushing to provide Ukraine with alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband satellite network, after the US withdrew military aid and intelligence sharing from the country this week.

But Trump has given no indication he is prepared to offer assistance to ensure any agreement holds. European promises to re-arm — the president has been telling the continent to stop freeriding on US guarantees for the best part of a decade — may have come too late.

“The minerals agreement is only part of the picture. We have heard multiple times from the US administration that it’s part of a bigger picture,” Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister who has led the negotiations, told the Financial Times on Tuesday.